Oh yeah. i'd like you to imagine this:

- a movie climax where Ash and Pikachu HAVE to use their Castropika but neither of them know if they'll ever see the other one again because it involves throwing the mouse a long way and/or into the great unknown and/or a giant pit of hell
     - note, lots of tears...another "holy crap...Pikachu died..." moment

...that totally wasn't the only thing I wanted to bring up—